Biosynthesis of β-carotene in engineered E. coli using the MEP and MVA pathways

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Jianming ^a   Guo, Lizhong ^a  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

E. coli; MEP pathway; MVA pathway; carotene

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXY XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; BETA CAROTENE; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; GERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; GLYCEROL; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE DELTA ISOMERASE; METHYLERYTHRITOL 4 PHOSPHATE; MEVALONIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-C-METHYLERYTHRITOL 4-PHOSPHATE; ERYTHRITOL; SUGAR PHOSPHATE;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; FERMENTATION OPTIMIZATION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BETA CAROTENE; ERYTHRITOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCEROL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MEVALONIC ACID; SUGAR PHOSPHATES;

EID: 84964313167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-014-0160-x     Document Type: Article

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